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How-to collectionKnowledge Base70 step-by-step guides: filing takedowns on every platform, removing leaked content, proving ownership, handling counter-notices.Browse all guides
Editorial collectionArticles65 long-form analyses: the Take It Down Act, Lenz v. Universal, Oracle v. Google, the youtube-dl fight, and the economics behind enforcement.Read the analysis

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The Counter-Notice Gap: Why Most Wrongful Takedowns Never Get Appealed illustration11 min readThe Counter-Notice Gap: Why Most Wrongful Takedowns Never Get AppealedThe DMCA built a restoration mechanism into every takedown, and almost nobody uses it. The counter-notice gap is the quietest design failure in copyright enforcement.Read
Strike Economics: Why Social Platforms Ban Repost Accounts, and Why Single Takedowns Fail illustration10 min readStrike Economics: Why Social Platforms Ban Repost Accounts, and Why Single Takedowns FailOne removed post is an inconvenience. Three strikes are the end of the account. The repeat-infringer math is the real enforcement lever on social platforms.Read
Path forking between a service counter and a law office door, when copyright problems need a lawyer11 min readHow to Tell If Your Copyright Problem Needs a LawyerA practical framework for deciding when a copyright lawyer earns their fee, money on the line, legal deadlines, licensing traps, and costs.Read

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Scanner bar preserving a chat card whose link ribbon crumbles, evidence for Discord takedowns10 min readHow to Remove Copyrighted Content Leaked on DiscordA Discord DMCA takedown lives or dies on message links: capture evidence before it expires and expect the re-upload.Read the guide
Magnifying glass over one glowing card in a wall of drawers, the Copyright Office DMCA agent directory10 min readFind the Registered DMCA Agent for Any Platform in the Copyright Office DirectoryEvery US platform that hosts user content registers its DMCA agent with the Copyright Office. Here's how to find that record fast.Read the guide
Open book casting fading ghost copies of itself, the author's playbook against pirated books10 min readThe Author's Playbook for Removing Pirated BooksPirated copies of your book fall to a dated, complete notice. Here's how authors prove ownership and take down every layer.Read the guide
Exploded vinyl record with note etching above waveform grooves, how musicians take down stolen tracks10 min readHow Musicians Take Down Stolen Tracks, and Keep Them DownMusicians can pull stolen tracks from YouTube, stores, and leak sites, this guide covers the whole system, from notices to fingerprinting.Read the guide
Framed negative under a spotlight with drifting duplicates, how photographers reclaim stolen photos10 min readHow Photographers Get Stolen Photos Taken DownPhotographers hold the strongest evidence in copyright law. Here is how to turn original files into takedowns and where to file them.Read the guide
Studio microphone beside a glowing calendar and a ghost twin, taking down stolen podcast episodes10 min readHow to Take Down Stolen Podcast Episodes, Feeds, and ClipsStolen episodes, scraped feeds, and monetized clip channels all come down, your RSS feed is the proof that settles ownership.Read the guide

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